UN Votes

USSR

Former permanent Security Council member

Dissolved 1991; UN Security Council seat continued by the Russian Federation.

2,892

GA votes

2,135 yes · 393 no · 341 abstain

725

SC votes

577 yes · 6 no · 106 abstain

162

Vetoes cast

P5 alignment

How often USSR voted the same way as each permanent Security Council member, of the resolutions both cast a yes/no/abstain vote on.

Permanent memberGA onlyGA + SC
United States of America18.3%29.1%
France29.9%39.5%
Russian Federation0.0%0.0%
United Kingdom26.7%36.6%
China69.2%71.9%
USA12.7%FRA20.7%RUS0.0%GBR18.5%CHN48.0%

The pie chart is based on the “GA only” column, showing each member’s share of the combined total across all shown members (it does not sum those percentages to 100% on its own) — see the table for the actual agreement rate with each. The “GA + SC” column blends in Security Council votes, which are adopted almost unanimously and so tend to pull every country’s number up.

P5 alignment over time

Same GA-only metric, by year. A member’s line starts wherever it first has enough shared votes in a year to be meaningful (at least 5) — for Russia, that’s never before 1991, since the USSR voted under a separate historical record.

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USAFRAGBRCHN

A/RES/45/69

The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/67B

Question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-06

GAYes

A/RES/45/58P

Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/62E

Comprehensive Programme on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/45/62D

Report of the Conference on Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/63

Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58H

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58B

Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/56A

IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON DENUCLEARIZATION OF AFRICA · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/62C

Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament and prevention of nuclear war : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/55B

CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN OUTER SPACE · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/50

Amendment of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/60

Scientific and technological developments and their impact on international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58N

Charting potential uses of resources allocated to military activities for civilian endeavours to protect the environment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58L

Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/56B

NUCLEAR CAPABILITY OF SOUTH AFRICA · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/54

Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/51

Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/59D

Nuclear-arms freeze : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58J

Prohibition of attacks on nuclear facilities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/49

Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58K

Prohibition of dumping of radioactive wastes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/55A

PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/48

Implementation of General Assembly resolution 44/104 concerning the signature and ratification of Additional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/59B

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nulear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/58O

Defensive security concepts and policies : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAYes

A/RES/45/53

Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-12-04

GAAbstain

A/RES/45/45

Rationalization of existing United Nations procedures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/37

Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/39

Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/44

Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-28

GAYes

A/RES/45/36

Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-27

GAYes

A/RES/45/17

Activities of foreign and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/35

Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/34

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/16

Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/32

Question of Guam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/18

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/33

Thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-20

GAYes

A/RES/45/11

Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly · 1990-11-01

GAYes

Vetoes cast by USSR

S/2026/273 Middle East (Strait of Hormuz)

2026-04-07

S/2025/116 Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2025/115 Ukraine

2025-02-24

S/2024/826 Sudan and South Sudan

2024-11-18

S/2024/302 Non-proliferation

2024-04-24

S/2024/255 Non-proliferation/DPRK

2024-03-28

S/2024/239 Middle East, including Palestinian question

2024-03-22

S/2023/792 Middle East, including Palestinian question

2023-10-25

S/2023/638 Mali

2023-08-30

S/2023/506 Middle East (Syria)

2023-07-11

S/2022/720 Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine

2022-09-30

S/2022/538 Middle East (Syria)

2022-07-08

S/2022/431 Non-proliferation/DPRK

2022-05-26

S/2022/155 2014 Letter from Ukraine (Ukraine)

2022-02-25

S/2021/990 Maintenance of international peace and security

2021-12-13

S/2020/667 Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-10

S/2020/654 Middle East (Syria)

2020-07-07

S/2019/961 Middle East (Syria)

2019-12-20

S/2019/756 Middle East (Syria)

2019-09-19

S/2019/186 Venezuela

2019-02-28

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